(
课件网) Lesson 5 The facts part 1 background story Do you insist on the precise numbers Are you strict with them part 2 New words and expressions editor extreme statistics president palace n. 编辑 n. 极端 n. 统计数字 n. 总统 n. 王宫；宏伟的住宅 editor extreme statistics president palace n. 编辑 v. 极端 n. 统计数字 n. 总统 n. 王宫；宏伟的住宅 publish fax impatient fire originally v. 出版 n. 传真 adj. 不耐烦的 v. 解雇 adv. 起初，原先，从前 publish fax impatient fire originally v. 出版 n. 传真 adj. 不耐烦的 v. 解雇 adv. 起初，原先，从前 editor ——— edit（编辑） ——— edition（版本） editor n. 编辑 extreme n. 极端 1. adj. great in degree; serious or unusual extreme sports extreme weather conditions 2. n. go to extremes 走极端 be taken to extremes 被迫采取极端行为 journalist n.新闻记者 journalist-news staff interview, research, analyze, write reporter: on camera broadcast, report, interview correspondent: from a particular country or on a particular subject a foreign/war/sports correspondent Buckingham Palace (British) Winter Palace 1. Did the journalist inmmediately set out to get the facts after receiving instructions from his editors 2. Did he send them at once 3. Was the editor getting impatient 4. How many faxes did the editor send 5. What did the editor threaten to do 6. Was the last fax answered 7. Was the article omitted from the magazine or was it printed in its original form 8. When did the journalist send a fax 9. Why had he been imprisoned Reading for detailed information introduction What's the story about It's a story about a journalist who was asked to provide some statistics. Part 3 Note on the text Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. Facts speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 The number shows -- The statistics illustrate-- The research demonstrates-- The survey depicts-- When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. turn down, reject, decline(politely) The article says : The article goes like this : The article begins : The article proceeds : All roads lead to Rome. lead to: Hard work leads to success. 努力可以使工作成功。 条条大路通罗马。 The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. set out to do : begin a task t with a particular aim decide and try to do She set out to break the world record. The journalist immediately set out to obtai ... ...
